The Best Beauty Accessory this Winter

Whether you like a bright red finish or whether you like to co-ordinate your fingers and your toes or even if you prefer a nice French manicure, nail polish has been most girls’ best beauty accessory for many years now. Your nail colour can be changed as easily as ABC, and you can match you nail colour to your choice in outfit. And this is why we all love polish!

However this year nail polish has been re-vamped and the newest trend isn’t just to have one colour, in fact it’s to have mini art on your nails for all to see. We have seen everything from extreme glitter to pictures on nails. Now this may be a little out of the box for some of you but those of you who want to try something different you can start small.

 One of the most popular nail finishes is crackle and almost every brand has created their own version in a huge assortment of colors. The crackle or shatter effect lets the color underneath the finish show through the top. Another huge trend for almost every season has been metallic – everything from gold to bronze has been see and it’ll take you back to your childhood years.

Now my personal favorite is Barry M’s crackle effect in black, as it’s a really easy way to jazz up your nails and it’s different every time. I’m also obsessed with OPI glitter range at the moment – totally fab and flirty.

You can even get festive with your nails designs, although some designs will need a little more experience and practice. But the whole point in this fab trend is to have FUN!!

Crackle Effect by Barry M

Bronze Goddess by Estee Lauder

Red Glitter by OPI

Get rid of holiday blue with this floral art from Salon Effects

Use a nail pen to add festive pics



Get spooky with festive stickers



Versace for H&M lookbook

Ever since it was announced that power-house Versace will join forces with H&M, everyone’s been buzzing with anticipation about the collection. Now, just a few weeks before the collection launches, H&M have released the lookbook.

Versace for H&M includes men’s wear and women’s wear, and for the first time home furnishings too. Prices will range from £19.99 to £200 for clothing, with home furnishings up to £150 (for a cushion?!).

The line launches in 300 stores worldwide on November 17^th here and November 19^th in America.

Whether the collection is a hit or not depends on the sales, but no matter its outcome I truly cannot wait!

Fashion Fabulous in Home Town

Mayhem descended on a small, quiet town in the cotswolds this past weekend as fashion greats came out to celebrate up and coming designers.


On saturday my local village, Painswick, held the wearable art festival which was set up by local fabric maestro Tim Davies. With judges that included Savannah Miller and Lulu Guinness this was one fashion fabulous event! I absolutely loved the whole day; the whole community came out to celebrate our future fashionistas and I even managed a cheeky natter with Keith Allen (Lily’s dad!) My faves came from the children, who all used recycled materials to create their fab designs.


                                                    Congrats to everyone involved xx

SlutWalk 2011

Would you walk two miles across London city, declaring yourself as a slut? Well that’s exactly what 5000 women (and a few men thrown in too) did this past month. The protesters were involved in the UK’s first ever SlutWalk.

The SlutWalk first came about in Canada after a male police officer told women that they should stop dressing like sluts to avoid being raped. The officer, who was giving a lecture to Law students in Toronto, caused global outrage and thousands of women gathered Canada’s capital and formed the first ever SlutWalk.

The message that women are trying to convey is that women have the right to wear (or not wear) whatever they like without facing sexual harassment. Blaming victims, some women say, has no place in 2011.

With this strong message behind them, thousands of women dressed in as little as underwear marched from Hyde Park to Trafalgar Square with message boards reading: “Yes means Yes, No means No; however we dress, wherever we go!”

Despite the upbeat and positive vibe that day, the protest has caused controversy because of its name. However organisation Rape Crisis, who is involved in SlutWalk, has said that the women are trying to reclaim the word slut, so it’s no longer used in a derogatory manor.

London isn’t the only city getting involved. Walks have already taken place in New York, Mexico City, Delhi among others. And although each city’s walk is different the message stays the same; with organisers saying that the campaign will carry on until rape conviction increases and victims get justice.